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Tremain, RoseTropper,JonathanTuck, LilyThe Road HomeOn the coach, Lev chose a seat near theback and he sat huddled against thewindow, staring out at the land he wasleaving. He is on his way to Britain to findwork, so that he can send money backto Eastern Europe to support his motherand little daughter. Lev struggles withthe mysterious rituals of ‘Englishness’.We see the road Lev travels through Lev’seyes, and we share his dilemmas, theintimacy of his friendships, and his hopesof finding his way home, wherever homemay be.How to Talk to a WidowerWhen Doug Parker married Hailey,beautiful, smart and ten years older, heleft his carefree Manhattan life behindto live with her and her teenaged son,Russ, in a quiet Westchester community.Three years later, Hailey has been deadfor a year, and Doug, a widower at 29,just wants to drown himself in self-pityand Jack Daniels. But his family has otherideas. It isn’t long before his new life isspinning hopelessly out of control.The News From ParaguayIn Paris, Francisco Solano, the futuredictator of Paraguay picks up a bluefeather fallen from the hat of a beautifulwoman. And so begins his pursuit of theremarkable Irish courtesan Eliza Lynch.She follows him to Paraguay where shereigns as his mistress. She embraces her78